2019-2020 - Lesson 1 of 16

2019-2020 Private Lesson Enrollment: Semester

Lesson Assignments:

TECHNIQUE:

  1. Hanon No. 1

    1. Hands Alone Ascending and descending: VERY SLOWLY

      1. CLOSE LOUD

        1. Attack the key with a forward wrist and round finger

        2. Immediately release your energy and relax your wrist and arm.

        3. All notes are legato.

READING: (hold)

  1. Piano Adventures: Sightreading Book: Level 1

    1. Start with Dustin!

  2. Blue Note?

    1. Level 1 - 2- solfege and letter names

      1. Treble Clef

      2. Bass Clef

  3. Solos 1?

    1. PREPARE: page 12

  4. Lesson & Musicianship 1B?

    1. PLEASE ORDER THIS BOOK!

    2. https://www.amazon.com/Celebrate-Piano-Lesson-Musicianship-1B/dp/0887978193

THEORY:

  1. Level 1 RCM

    1. Finish Pages 30 and 31

MUSICIANSHIP: (Hold)

  1. Ear Training

    1. Up 2nds, 3rds & 5ths: melodic

    2. See your staff paper for the “Ear Training Intervals” assignment.

  2. Rhythm

    1. COMPOSE: No. 37

      1. Compose your own rhythm assignment based on number’s 31-32

      2. If you use ties, please use them across the bar line and not within.

  3. Solfege

    1. **Prepare Nos. 4 & 5 on pages 16 & 17

      1. Set metronome to m.m. 40 and say and play the syllables with the metronome.

      2. If you make a mistake, move ON! Don’t correct it.

      3. Use finger 2 and don’t play through more than three times for each practice session. This will get easier after each day of practice. Don’t worry if it’s not correct on the first 2-3 days of practice.

REPERTOIRE:

  1. Cuckoo

    1. NFRPE

  2. The Honeybee

    1. See your practice chart

  3. Lightly Row

    1. Think about crossing the street - what do we do? look for cars? think ahead!

    2. Pass off next week back to back with Honeybee